Jeremiah 49:18

“As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, etc.] Which was so sudden and general, that nothing was left, or any spared; so should it be with Edom: and the neighbour [cities] thereof, saith the Lord; the cities that were in the plain, Admah and Zeboim: no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it; that is, of the race of Edom; no Idumean should inhabit it; otherwise those who conquered it should, and doubtless did. There seems to be some allusion to the Dead sea, these cities became, to which Edom is compared, and so were quite uninhabitable.”

“(Jer 50:40; Deu 29:23; Amo 4:11). no man shall abide there--that is, of the Idumeans. The Romans had a garrison there.”

“Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed great cruelty toward those why fled to them for refuge. Of the prophecies against Edom the first eight verses of Obadiah are also found in Jeremiah (see the marginal references). As Jeremiah wrote before the capture of Jerusalem, and Obadiah apparently…”

“49:18 As had occurred with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Edom would become uninhabited.”

“in the: Jer 50:40; Gen 19:24, Gen 19:25; Deu 29:23; Psa 11:6; Isa 13:19-22; Amo 4:11; Zep 2:9; Pe2 2:6; Jde 1:7 no man: Jer 49:33; Job 18:15-18; Isa 34:10; Rev 18:21-23 Jeremiah 49:19”